Bates Smart to Refurbish Melbourne’s 1928 T&G Building
Bates Smart’s design for the refurbishment of Melbourne’s 1928 T&G building at the “Paris end” of Collins Street has been revealed. Renovations of the National Trust-listed building include a new dual entrance, which will give occupiers the option of using the original entry on Collins Street or the newly pedestrianized laneway, Ramsden Place, which connects to Flinders Lane.
11 August 2016
| Lacey Glave
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Bates Smart’s design for the refurbishment of Melbourne’s 1928 T&G building at the “Paris end” of Collins Street has been revealed.
Renovations of the National Trust-listed building include a new dual entrance, which will give occupiers the option of using the original entry on Collins Street or the newly pedestrianized laneway, Ramsden Place, which connects to Flinders Lane.
The builidng’s 10 storeys of commercial space will be renovated and new retail spaces will be added to the ground floor.
The building, located at 161 Collins Street, was initially built as the offices of the Temperance and General Life Assurance Society, founded in 1876 during the interwar period.
The insurance company constructed a number of buildings across Australia and New Zealand. It was constructed over three stages by architectural practice A & K Henderson and was developed into one of the most prominent interwar buildings in Melbourne, with the first stage being completed in 1928.
In 1990 the building was extended by Metier3 Architects, doubling the site area to 4,000 square metres. The heritage facades were retained and a new postmodern infill building for KPMG was added, while the insurance hall was internally demolished and reconstructed.
Renovations of the National Trust-listed building include a new dual entrance, which will give occupiers the option of using the original entry on Collins Street or the newly pedestrianized laneway, Ramsden Place, which connects to Flinders Lane.
The builidng’s 10 storeys of commercial space will be renovated and new retail spaces will be added to the ground floor.
The building, located at 161 Collins Street, was initially built as the offices of the Temperance and General Life Assurance Society, founded in 1876 during the interwar period.
The insurance company constructed a number of buildings across Australia and New Zealand. It was constructed over three stages by architectural practice A & K Henderson and was developed into one of the most prominent interwar buildings in Melbourne, with the first stage being completed in 1928.
In 1990 the building was extended by Metier3 Architects, doubling the site area to 4,000 square metres. The heritage facades were retained and a new postmodern infill building for KPMG was added, while the insurance hall was internally demolished and reconstructed.
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